Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:16:57 +0100 (BST) From: Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man5 passwd.5 Message-ID: <20050918200104.F89636@ury.york.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <200509181540.j8IFe2LR042274@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200509181540.j8IFe2LR042274@repoman.freebsd.org>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-698952180-1127071017=:89636 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed On Sun, 18 Sep 2005, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > keramida 2005-09-18 15:40:02 UTC > > Modified files: > share/man/man5 passwd.5 > Log: > Explain the use of `*' in master.passwd and that it's slightly > different from the use of `*' in /etc/passwd. +.Nm master.passwd +file, a password of +.Ql * +is used to indicate that no one can ever log into that account. +The field only contains encrypted passwords, and +.Ql * +can never be the result of encrypting a password. This is not strictly true - all it prevents is logins using passwords. Passwordless logins using SSH public keys (for example) are unaffected. Perhaps the attached patch chould be committed? Gavin --0-698952180-1127071017=:89636 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name="passwd.5.diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: <20050918201657.N89636@ury.york.ac.uk> Content-Description: Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="passwd.5.diff" LS0tIHBhc3N3ZC41Lm9sZAlTdW4gU2VwIDE4IDE2OjQwOjAyIDIwMDUNCisr KyBwYXNzd2QuNQlTdW4gU2VwIDE4IDIwOjE1OjE2IDIwMDUNCkBAIC0xMTAs NyArMTEwLDkgQEANCiAuTm0gbWFzdGVyLnBhc3N3ZA0KIGZpbGUsIGEgcGFz c3dvcmQgb2YNCiAuUWwgKg0KLWlzIHVzZWQgdG8gaW5kaWNhdGUgdGhhdCBu byBvbmUgY2FuIGV2ZXIgbG9nIGludG8gdGhhdCBhY2NvdW50Lg0KK2lzIHVz ZWQgdG8gaW5kaWNhdGUgdGhhdCBubyBvbmUgY2FuIGV2ZXIgbG9nIGludG8g dGhhdCBhY2NvdW50DQordXNpbmcgcGFzc3dvcmRzLg0KK1Bhc3N3b3JkbGVz cyBsb2dpbnMgd2lsbCBub3QgYmUgcHJldmVudGVkLg0KIFRoZSBmaWVsZCBv bmx5IGNvbnRhaW5zIGVuY3J5cHRlZCBwYXNzd29yZHMsIGFuZA0KIC5RbCAq DQogY2FuIG5ldmVyIGJlIHRoZSByZXN1bHQgb2YgZW5jcnlwdGluZyBhIHBh c3N3b3JkLg0K --0-698952180-1127071017=:89636--
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